Stone Age Vinca Idol

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 1/2 in. (74 grams, 88 mm).

A ceramic figurine fragment of a standing female with stub arms extended laterally, incised chevron detailing to lower body.

Provenance

Ex central European collection.
Munich, Germany 1999.
G.M.R.H.collection, West London, UK.

Literature

See Villes, A & Luci, K., Dieux des Balkans. Figurines Néolithiques du Kosovo, Paris, 2015, for type.

CONDITION

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